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November 2026

  1. Are contemporary technologies like GPS, phones, and AI deskilling humans?
  2. ESP32 Demoboard: New demo projects using on-board hardware
  3. Microsoft’s Canada timezone troubles leave admins fixing calendars, pretending they’re in Bogota
  4. F3D updated, now supports FreeCAD files!
  5. Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C
  6. Set Up n8n on the Raspberry Pi
  7. Why this obscure audio codec is a perfect fit for the N64
  8. NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit LT8912B DSI to DVI Converter
  9. MoofTCP is a modern replacement for MacTCP on 68k Macs
  10. 80,000 hops per second AD9361 measurement confirm Starlink terminal uplink/downlink channel pairing, and surprisingly big RF radiation
  11. Shipping Alert – Veterans Day 2026
  12. wireskein takes logic analyzer captures and turns them into automated tests
  13. Subscribe to the Adafruit Youtube channel! #Youtube #AdafruitLearnSystem
  14. RIP Cybertruck? Tesla Factory Changing Gears
  15. CircuitPython Animated Holiday Wreath Lights #AdafruitLearnSystem
  16. There are now 600 CircuitPython Libraries! #CircuitPython
  17. Get Ready to Welcome Seasonal Guests with Help from the Adafruit Learning System
  18. NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit Si5351C 8 Channel TCXO Clock Generator – 2.5KHz-200MHz – STEMMA QT
  19. NEW PRODUCT – Adafruit RV-8803 High Accuracy Real Time Clock Breakout Board – STEMMA QT / Qwiic
  20. Boosting 3V to 1800V without chips
  21. Man builds robotic cat feeder that senses when dish is empty #PiDay @Raspberry_Pi
  22. The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
  23. Native American Heritage Month at NYPL
  24. The Raspberry Pi cinema camera
  25. The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
  26. Print-in-Place Egg Slicer – Zero Supports, Zero Rafts #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  27. Modular Desktop Tool Organizer – Adjustable Angle, Swappable Inserts #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  28. Turkey Placecard Holder Thanksgiving Table #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  29. Snowman Advent Calendar – 24 Compartments with Snap-In Pins #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  30. NEW LEARN GUIDE: SDR Map Projects: ADS-B, APRS, and FT8 #GPS #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
  31. John Park’s Workshop — LIVE TODAY 11/5/26
  32. BLE noise on a specific ADC with an nRF54L15
  33. Christmas Light Bulb LED Tea Light / Ornament – 5.5-Inch Classic Bulb Shape #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  34. Shipping Alert: Diwali Observed – Monday, November 9
  35. Pumpkin Cookie Cutter – Simple Thanksgiving/Autumn Baking #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  36. Stitch Different: LED-Illuminated Embroidery with nOOds #Adafruit Products #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
  37. JetKVM Mini delivers remote system access for just $39
  38. Seeed Studio launches 4.26” Mono and 7.3” Color e-Paper kits preloaded with OpenDisplay firmware
  39. Adafruit QT PY ESP32-C3 Case – Snap-Shut Top with Reset Button Access #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  40. The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
  41. 3D Hangouts – DIY HomeView, Metro P4 Case and Pine Cone
  42. MariaDB enhances agent development for its next-gen database platform
  43. Pine Cone LED Lantern
  44. Flexi Penguin – Articulated Christmas Edition with Santa Hat #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  45. Nutcracker Decoration #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  46. Articulated Christmas Gnome – Movable Hands + Feet, Santa Gnome Style #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  47. Magnetic Paper Towel Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  48. Christmas Snowflake Ornaments 2026 – 6-Pack #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  49. Thanksgiving Turkey Clock – Swappable Feathers for Seasonal Looks #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  50. Modern Kitchen Utensil Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  51. From the mail bag…
  52. Autumn Leaf Pumpkin – 100mm Pumpkin with Overlapping Leaves Surface #3DThursday #3DPrinting
  53. Google Gets Nostalgic Ahead of Zelda Release
  54. NASA navigation experiment shows promise for planetary landings
  55. Remote Mouse turns your smartphone into a handy PC remote
  56. Using a cheap DC motor to make a go-kart go
  57. Googling “Zelda” today offers a glimpse of how search worked in 1998
  58. ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ movie prop may sell for over $1 million
  59. Hidden WiFi network support 🕳️🛜🥷 Adafruit IO WipperSnapper 1.0.0 Beta 134 Released!
  60. Jailbreaking a car’s navigation system just to change the time
  61. The ESP32-P4 launcher loads relocatable PAPP v2 apps from an SD card
  62. Internet Archive’s alphabet
  63. I got tired of remembering ports for 30 Docker apps in my homelab. Here’s how I fixed it
  64. MIT-led team receives funding to develop a wearable monitor for early disease detection
  65. How hackers are turning grocery store freezers into heaters
  66. New open source hardware UEXT module adds 100MB Ethernet to PICO, PICO2 and all ESP32s lacking wired Ethernet
  67. 2026 Hackaday Supercon: Bruce Potter’s keynote explores the hacker mind
  68. I came for this new Linux distro’s aesthetic looks and stayed for its window tiling
  69. A brief history of the video game parry motion
  70. Reverse engineering the 121GW multimeter on a $25 AI plan
  71. systemd with its initial support for Rust
  72. Sneaking into the auditorium for the Windows 2000 launch rehearsal
  73. Building a little browser game to practice Vim commands
  74. AMD on track to overtake Intel as biggest x86 outfit
  75. LIVE! 3D Hangouts with Noe and Pedro
  76. What does “WiFi” stand for?
  77. Detecting parcels at the front door with a camera, OpenCV and Home Assistant
  78. Subvocal: talk to your computer without making noise
  79. Naming things in Home Assistant, shaped by user feedback
  80. The Compaq Portable, the first legal IBM PC clone
  81. OreoOS, a MicroPython-based operating system
  82. A 42-year-old bug patched in C-Kermit
  83. Dinosaur blood found in fossils for the first time
  84. Building a Real Minecraft Train
  85. JP’s Product Pick of the Week 11/3/26
  86. Claude’s new rules against game cloning won’t stop the AI copying boom
  87. Self-Employed? Solopreneur? NIST has a cybersecurity guide just for you
  88. Developing retro-GUIs for Win3.11 and OS/2
  89. Arkivism is a search and visual discovery engine for public domain works #ArtTuesday
  90. GNUstep Desktop: a NeXT user interface for modern Linux
  91. The early history of the UNIX “more” command
  92. The first Unix Programmer’s Manual, released in 1971 (free PDF)
  93. Pulling on a thread (Using Thread on Ikea Sensors)
  94. DiscImageStudio: burn visible artwork onto CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs #ArtTuesday
  95. JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 3pm Eastern TODAY 11/3/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick
  96. Copper wire theft is so bad, Rhode Island’s blocking manholes with 700 pounds of concrete
  97. Learning-electronics: Every resource you need to learn electronic engineering
  98. A cheap FPGA board becomes retro-style computer
  99. The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
  100. Did Gary Huber and Chris Hanson invent screen-space reflections 16 years before Crytek?
  101. Could a modern chess engine on a Pentium have defeated Kasparov in 1996?
  102. Carpet diem and 1000 vases merge textile, ceramic, and glass art at espace commines in paris #ArtTuesday
  103. DOOM’s DNA: How modern code keeps its family resemblance
  104. Multi-layer ASCII art #ArtTuesday
  105. OpenBSD 8.0 expands RISC-V support and retires the Loongson port
  106. Why thrifting for clothes stopped working
  107. Build a portable radar station with a Raspberry Pi and SDR
  108. Nintendo tried to kill Switch emulation, but the PC is running Switch 2 games now
  109. Microsoft BASIC for 6502 microprocessor released + web version
  110. LakeShark: the pocket-sized portable SDR scanner
  111. The Encyclopedia of Movie Cats
  112. ICYMI Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: Adafruit Metro P4 Hydra, Possible New Raspberry Pi Boards, JIT Gone and More!
  113. Ten of the most bizarre films and their posters
  114. Sweary plots, DOOM maps, postcards and more #ArtTuesday
  115. Alien flora and fauna #ArtTuesday
  116. The Moving Image Archive, over 120,000 public domain film clips #ArtTuesdayy
  117. Book reports from VCF West
  118. Windows 95 is still being used to sort eggs in Germany
  119. How to build an air purifier in 6 simple steps
  120. The Partner-N64PC dev kit for Nintendo 64
  121. frank-xt8086: RP2350B firmware acts as the chipset for a real Intel 8086
  122. A hackable analog phone system for your home
  123. Killed by Ubuntu, Linux Mint is bringing this classic feature back
  124. CutScape v0.6.0: an InkScape extension for outputting to 2D plotters, cutters, engravers, and CNC…
  125. The solar system may have a sixth dwarf planet, hidden against the Milky Way
  126. 6 ESP32 projects to build including an OLED pulse oximeter
  127. A homebrew Cray-1A
  128. This $48 e-paper display can be whatever you want it to be
  129. Rooting an Amazon Echo Dot
  130. MIT engineers design a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish
  131. The Linux 7.4 merge window is easily the largest in kernel history
  132. Understanding DC motor principles
  133. NEW GUIDE: Adafruit RV-8803 High Accuracy Real Time Clock #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
  134. Google Doodle Pac-Man’s siren call
  135. frank-dino: a RP2350B helper chip for a real Zilog Z80
  136. Pocket Pico: a terminal node controller for amateur packet radio
  137. STM32 programming for beginners
  138. Leaking secrets from air-gap computers by spelling radio signals from RAM
  139. FloppoScope is a browser-based floppy disk image analyzer
  140. What was Zenith Data Systems
  141. Making an electronic busy board
  142. HackerTube
  143. NEW GUIDE: Computer Graphics Turbo Demos #CircuitPython #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
  144. BBRouter provides breadboard wiring and circuit simulations
  145. The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
  146. Making a filament lamp | Eric Weinhoffer
  147. Thermoformed Christmas baubles #3DPrinting
  148. Wheels and Bones: a free educational game about wheelchair repair and seating
  149. Three Dutch computer museums in one week
  150. Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions

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